Growth of Urban Retailing in Planned Residential Areas of Dhaka: A Case Study of Banani
- Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET); Department of Architecture, Primeasia University, Banani, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh
Published in The Fourth NZAAR International Event Series on Natural and Built Environment, Cities, Sustainability and Advanced Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27 January 2018, pages 176 to 185. New Zealand Academy of Applied Research. ISSN 2463-5979 (online), 2463-5960 (print). Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, Conference Proceedings Citation Index (Clarivate).
Abstract
Spatial changes of entire Dhaka city have taken an evolutionary character due to its unpredicted alteration of land use and to some extent lack of planning farsightedness. Even planned areas are also experiencing a drastic functional change in the same urban space; and thus modifying the urban fabric. Some highly planned residential areas of Dhaka are of these categories- Banani R/A is one of this kinds. The sole spirit of residential character has masked here with mostly retail and commercial activities. The objective of this paper is thus two fold; Firstly, to reveal how a well planned, sophisticated residential area like Banani is blending with the commercial flavour, specially the retail-led generations and to which extent its present growth has flourished. Secondly, through the syntactic analysis, an attempt has taken to understand whether the retail development which is obviously spontaneous is following any hidden order within the existing road network of the area.
Keywords: Planned Residential Areas; Urban Retailing; Retail Led-Generations; Spatial Transformation; Dhaka
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